In a sense, the power of the game such as WoW lies not in the singular narrative of the developer but in the multiple narratives constructed by the player as he or she goes along, reflecting the ongoing performance of one's complex and flexible self.
Almost a year later, Ocean unveiled Pyramids, a song that was ambitious in its musical scope, multiple narrative perspectives, length (10 minutes) and meaning (a metaphor involving Cleopatra that touched on the black experience from Africa to the strip club).
It was a frequent candidate for and winner of Game of the Year awards, drawing praise for its pioneering designs in player choice and multiple narrative paths.
We all have a million voices in our heads, multiple narratives that create the person we become".
But as a mode of theatre-going the sheer effort required in investing in multiple disconnected narratives can take its toll – not least because intensity is integral to the form and back-to-back intensity can pall.
These dimensions, Kabbalists believe, are alluded to in multiple biblical narratives and are even embedded into various biblical genealogies.
I needed a split screen in my mind as multiple narratives emerged, moving at a different pace through time.
Ross pointed to the parapet of the Belvedere Castle, a couple of hundred yards away, and said, "Imagine if you could go over there and see, say, a murder, or two people falling in love — or have multiple narratives going on at once".
The image of simultaneity at the start of the second movement is a particular masterstroke: five couples all move at the same time in quite different ways, so that this overlay of phrases reveals a sense of multiple narratives, as in a rich novel.
The technique used by the author, in telling the story from multiple narratives, is both a clever and wickedly effective one; the novel wouldn't have been worth half of what it is had it been told from the perspective of only one of the two protagonists.
